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How can there ever be a legislative tool to fight foreign pirates? By definition, national laws only ever work within one's own border. Isn't it sad to see how
by Derbasti 15y ago
How can there ever be a legislative tool to fight foreign pirates? By definition, national laws only ever work within one's own border.
Isn't it sad to see how hard a time governments have with coping with internationalization?
- pedalpete 15y agoI don't know that they are focusing outside their borders. They are acknowledging that they understand the challenges of internationalization. Copyright laws are not equal internationally, and of course you can host your servers everywhere, but what they can do, which is the scary part, is block the infringing domain within their borders which would cut the infringing company out of the US market, and if other countries followed suit, you've essentially got an active international domain filtering system which is very threatening to free speach. This is how I see the problem. It is a small step to filtering the internet, first because of piracy, but the same system once in place, could be used to block other content the gov't views as not for consumption by it's citizens. I think much of the concern over SOPA is not the fear that the government would actually do that, but why take that risk and head down that road.